counterpart
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Examples of counterpart in a Sentence
Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Leaders in Beijing and Moscow also refrained from criticizing the other’s record of repression at home and treatment of national minorities—subjects routinely brought up by Western counterparts.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
The challenge now is how federal regulators and their counterparts in the states can thwart the activity without diminishing enrollment — a top priority for the marketplace.
—Julie Appleby, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
China’s video streamers, much like their counterparts in the west, have passed their peak growth phase and have been forced to refocus their efforts on achieving profitability.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
But in recent years a remarkable political chasm around the world has opened up between men and women within a generation, specifically Gen Z. Data from Gallup shows that in the U.S., women aged 18 to 30 are now 30 percentage points more liberal than their male counterparts.
—Richard V. Reeves, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024
This occurred two months after the discrimination claim was filed, and Glass said that union activists who worked for SSP were treated unfairly compared to their non-union counterparts.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
All that said, this bag looks and mostly performs just as well as its pricier counterparts.
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
The physician compensation gap between women and men was 26% in 2022, with women physicians earning almost $110,000 less than their male counterparts.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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Word History
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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